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— *- r>ch>nridat America-TUESDAY, APRIL II, 1961
CHURCH-OPTIMIST
Basketball League
YMCA
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:00 I'.M.
(Week April 2-8) j scheduled fur the Junior High Gvm
Last Weeks Result. f'"' Ap,ril 24 amJ 27- and if 8
Bethany Baptist 60. Klrst Baptist on Api'il 28>edod' " bt' playcU
AvVnuo HaplLtT^Jt Arisen ! „'i'irst "'""'J
fir>. Jewish Svnamicue 18 First ,",h.a"y ,{u'c Leonard Tolbert lo
I'rrsbyterian 34. SI. Andrews Kpis- Hunklry slippcd'Tn""'uie'back' dwi'
copal 21
Ne*t Weeks Games
St. Andrews Episcopal vs St.
Paul Methodist; First Raptist vs
Ftose Avenue Baptist; First Chris-
tian vs First Presbyterian; Bcth-
anv Baptist vs. Jewish Svna'iopiio
Team standings with individual
leaders;
Bethany n.-iptH
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It ivmond Merritt
Jlichard Bunklcy
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John McDonald
Billy Ynuns
First Baptist
1 ai ry Kennedy
Sonny Kohbins
Joe l)nn Knox
I'liralie Meinzcr
Junes Nogtllc
First Christian
Airraid Maclif-n
Totntnv Hinylcs
filnin Itamsey
lodrlv finlilsuilth
Handy Black
First Presbyterian
Mike Fields
Ilohcrt Chapman
John Cook
Krnest Lowry
Howard Chapman
Hose Avenue Baptist
Jimmy Williams
Wayland Ingram
Otlm Noetic
Paul Humphrey
Bill Dorscy
St. Andrews Kpiscopal
D'w fJibson
Humid Dolltns
Btlt Maner
Dickie Nic'tiols
Kennv I'anish
St Paul Methodist
Butch Williams
Marpil Klder
Hay Thompson
Q. ft. Hunt
I>on Wimberly
Jewish Synagogue
Tommy Smith
Jerry M'hltc
l.ester Kupcrman
Hobby Garrett
Bobby J>h.ii)ii o
Top Ten Scorers
l.eonard ToIIhtI <BBi
I.arry Kennedv <FB>
Mike Fields < FPi
Butch Williams 'SPM>
Martfil Klder 'SPM
Gerald Maehcn 'KC1
Itayinond Merritt <BB
Tommy B.-ovles 'FC
Glenn Itamsey <FC>
Kit hard Bunk lev • p'C <
The Church-Optimist
I.ca"no unc<- into its fins! week
of play this week but regardless of
the outcome, the bis r«->me has
already Ix-'en decided. That hap-
pened last Tuesday e*eninB wnen
first round winner First Baptist
fell 30 lo BO to hard charging Beth-
any Baptist So First Bantist wins"
the first round robin, and Bethany
vlns the vecon'i r >i>in. hrin"insj
about a play-wff eonsistim; of a best'
1 ao of three series Tliis has been
with 20 points to lead uis team-
mates in this "must" game for
Bethany. Coach Dale Stone of First
Baptist said, "My boys tried too
iiard," and Bethany Coach Lee
Bunklcy was of the opinion, "We've
been waiting lor this one."
Elsewhere in the league. Gerald
'Maehcn got his season high of 21
immts in a winning cause against
St. Haul Methodist. In fact, Bunk-
ly and Machcn were the only boys
to crack the 20 point cirtlc last
week.
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Kitnes Motor Company
Stewart and I'eeks Gro.
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High Team Series
Sinittles Humble Service
Miller Coffeee Shop
Bagwell pontiac
High Team Game
Miller Coflee Shop (1st)
Sinittles Humble <3rdi
Bagwell Potniac <lsti
High Individual Series
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B. Jones < 2ndi
D. Taylor ■ 1st'
Boston Favored
In Cage Playoff
B(*STON i.T—Boston is favored
to win the playoffs of the Nation-
al Basketball Association tonight1,
and two important reasons arc
) cidtimer Bill Sharman anil rookie
Ti m Sanders. The Celtics are seek-'
ing t'neir fourth title in five years 1
and they're just one victory away
from their coal as they meet the
St. I^juis Hawks at Boston Gar-
den.
Sharman is nenring the end of a
remarkable career but he has been
playing like a rookie Irving to'
make the squad. I
Coach Bed Aucrbaeh says San-'
ders has come into his own when j
we need him most It was 221
points bv Sanders that ruined the
Hawks last Sunday. Against St.
1-ouis lie is averaging three more
rebounds and six more points than
dui mg the regular campaign.
At seine Dolnts in Antarctica the
ice is 11.000 leet thick
h?°! & IT SouPh<,nc ' becainc an honorary nicm-
countv r=iiran GrcSor1,o La ,,omla 4 ,1 Cl"h San Mateo
as 3 Prcllnll"-'"y to tiio Grand National Livc-
mrlmWX')0fi .i?n San* rancis.cn. Karen LcComte, 14, a
member ol the club, docs the honors with a 4-JI cap.
Baseball Play Starts With Most
Radical Changes In Game History
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS. . ,..h„ I n In I .1
Alter the most radical change of
structure in its 60-.vear history the
2487 [ American League is playing'with
10 teams this season. Next year the
National League will follow suit,
expanding from 8 to 10 clubs. .
Franchise transfers and expan-
sion have been latter-day develop- '
I to have to corral some good young-
sters and develop them. And if
they are going to catch, up, they
are going to ha\e to do better iii
this respect during the next lew
years than the established teams.
And what of these youngsters,
and their development? The minor
leagues have not been having a
End Of Season
Dinner Held By
Night Owl Loop
| The end-of-soasoii banqut for the
Ladies Night Owl League was held
| 'asi night in the American Legion
building, with all teams and theii
sponsors present.
Following the banquet meal these
awards were made; Individual tro-
phies and patches were presented
' lo members of the Peeler's team,
which won first place. Members of
that team were Peggy Mitchell.
Mary Gibson. Barbara Squyrcs and
Sue Mallory. Mr, Peeler w'as given
a sponsor's trophy;
Second place winners were the
members of the Woodson State
Bank team . . Mo/cllc Baehman,
Mode n a I lorry. Kuby Lee Elliston
and Kdna Stacy;
'I bird place winners wps the
A&A Electric team which was
mad,, up o'i Buby Vincent Belly
Black. Fran'kie Hill Betty'Bishop
and Noliia Pitts.
Other trophies presented were:
High Team Series award, which
went to the Trammcll's Spoils
Center team. Members of that team
are Mary Hall, Carol Chancy. Do-
ne Crowley and Sarah Thorne;
High learn Game was presented to
the Bay Howell Lease Service
Team. The team made up of Anna
Belle Shcppard, Ann Taylor. Lois
Ledbetler and Murle Williams;
llu'li Individual Series award was
given to Sarah Thorne; High Indi-
vidual Game was a tie between
Murle Williams and Edna Stacy;
and a plaque was presented to
Alice Spindle tor having the
most Improved Average.
After the awards presentations,
new officers were elected for the
coming season. Those elected were
Edna Stacy. President. Mozolle
Baehman. Vice-President, Modcna
Horry, Secretary-Treasurer, and
Betty Bishop. Seargcant-at-arms.
- • " I MUllll. I l/Vl
farneliise changes and with money
problems a common ailment. With
major league baseball expanding
geographically as well as through
radio and television, where will
there be room for a solid minor
league structure?
That s a question which causes
concern, and will cause more in
the near future. It will takc some
LIONS "CANDY" DAY
Monday, April 10 through
■m
Friday, April 11
CONTRIBUTE
GENEROUSLY TO
A WORTHY CAUSE
Ilrcr ken ridge Lion's Club
ments in major league baseball, i steady time of it. wit numerous
t Hiding a new city for a club is no ' "uimious
problem, most all cities consider
themselves big league and worthy
of a big league team. Parks arc
being made available. And there
scein to be enough financial back-
ers to go around.
But expansion is not without its
perils. Cities W'lth major league de-
signations and spanking new parks mum.-, u
and wealthy backers actually make 1 doing to work out
up only a smaller part of tiie pic-1 o
tuie. Major league baseball is sup-
posed to be played by major lc.i-'
guc players. Viin a zS per cent in-1
crease in the number of teams,
there should be a corresponding
increase 111 the number o'i players. •
The American League acted has- j
tily in getting its expansion plans'
into operation. Franchises were a- j
warded to Los Angeles and Wash-
ington. with the iienators moving I
from Washington to Minnesota. To j
stock these new entries with play-1
ers, each of the established clubs j
put a ccitain number ol men in a i
poor, and the two new teams drew j
from this list lor their basic ros- I
tcrs. Each of the new clubs paid i
2 million, 100-thousaud dollars lor
28 players, at $75,000 a piece, which !
was a whopping outlay considering j
what was available Naturally, the I
list of eligibles was not studded
with big names.
Then. Los Angeles and Wash-
ington got other players in the min-
or league dra'it.
The National League, with more
time to figuic out Us plans and
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Dramatic Finish
At Augusta Sees
Player Winner
AUGUSTA U" — Gary Player of
South Africa siaggercd through a
near-disastrous finish yestcrdav
j and won th^ 25th masters golf
j tournament by a single stroke
j when Arnold Palmer's rallving
bid for an unprecedented second
| straight title blew apart oil Die
j very last hole.
'Ihe climax at Augusta Georgia,
was dramatic, in the masters tra-i
i dition. It came when Palmer, a
j third masters championship in his
■ grasp, made two successive bad
I shots on the final hole and wuund
lip missing a 15-foot putt that would
| nave meant a tic and a playot'i. He
perhaps profit by American Lea-1 J"°k. a double bogey (5. tying him!
guc mistakes, is likely to try a dif-1 ®r SI>, ",K' Place w ith his partner,
fercnt system in stocking its new j ',"cr Charley Cue of Oklaho- I
entries. Word i that the National; ln'?,, y' ,
league will lie more liberal in ' 1 ,'ic.r 'X'fcan the day with a I-
making lH.'tter players available. "" l>;,,""'r and started
But U s a good iK't the owners ' as if ',c w"iild nail down the {
arent's going Id be unselfish enough | v,cl"ry "n ,lis ou M w'ith birdies i
lo provide Sufficient talent for the ! r,rst 2 holes, fullowed by 7 j
Houston and New York teams to i Uu'ti'e ^ligliliy-build 25-yeai'-
lie pennant contciide>s right oil the outh Airican faltered badly I
but. | on the incoming !). He bogeyed the
How long will it takc Tor these J"1*1- double bogeyed the 13th.
newly-minted big league clubs to
make good showings? Impossible
to say exacllly, but probably a long
time. These new teams are going
i Australians Lead
Play At Houston
HOUSTON i.l'— Three Australians
lead the strongest foreign field
ever entered in the River Oaks
Tennis tournament at Houston
today—a tournament never won
by a foreign player. Neale Fraser
leads the field. Then come Aus-
tralians Rod Laver and Roy Emcr-
I son in that order.
Only one American, Bernard
, Brattzcn o Dallas, is seeded. He's
ranked fourth.
In Fraser's first match today, he
meets another foreign player, 19-
year-old Tim Heckler of Kimberly,
; South Africa. Laver plays AI Dri's-
eole of Hollywood. And Emerson
| takes en 'labino Palafo.x of Corpus
i Christi University.
"Working Together For A Better Breckenridge And
Stephens County"
! bogeyed tlie 15th ; nd carded a
, two-over-par 71 for a 72-hole score
; of 280. Then Player went to the
clubhouse for a few agonizing min-
utes before the television screen.
Hopes For Title
SAN FRANCISCO (;Tl — Eddie
j Machcn bolstered his hopes for a
heavyweight title shot last night
| w ith a clear-cut decision over Mike
De.lohn in their 10-rounder at San
Francisco. De.lohn. with an advan-
i tage of almost 25 pounds, managed
to rattle Maehcn with right hand
punches in the 4th round but Mat-h-
en's superior attack gavc him the
edge virtually the rest of the way.
Machcn was named along with
British Empire Champion Henry
Cooper as thc two leading conten-
ders for a September title boul
with Floyd Patterson.
lo watch the finish of his challen-
gers. Palmer and Coc.
Palmer birdied three of the first
8 holes and then posted 9 straight
pars, gaining the advantage over
Player. Tho 37-year-old Coc had
f( rged into contention with a string I
of birdies on the 13lh, Ilth and 15th.
But on the 18lh, Palmer too'K the '
ruinous '> lor a 71 and Coc matched
par for a '•!) leaving them one I
stroke behind at 281.
Tommy Bolt had the liest final
round, a '18, and lied Don January !
lor 4th at 285. January shot 71.
Paul Harney was next at 288. while
Bill Casper. Jack Burke. Bill Col- j
lins and amateur Jack Nicklaus
tied at 287.
Player's prize o\ $20,000 boosted :
his 1061 earnings lo over $45,000. j
Palmer won S12.00, January and
Bolt $7,000 each and Harncv $4,800.
Sox Take First
Game Of Year
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Chicago's ' White Sox showed
heir go-go form yesterday, taking
advantage of their opportunities for
a 4 to 3 victory over the new Wash-
ington Senators in the first game
if thc 1961 major league baseball
season.
The Sox gained a tie in the 7th
inning when Jim Laudis tripled and
came in on a double error by Dale
Long, who first 'tumbled a ground-
er by pinch hitter Earl Torgcson
and then made a wild throw. In the
8lh Minnit. Minoso was plunrKcd
by one of Dick Donovan's pitches,
stole 2nd, and scampered on to
third when catcher Pete Daley's
throw went into ccntcrficld Roy
Sievers, who had homered for Chi-
cago in thc 2nd, delivered thc
clinching run with a sacrifice fly.
A packed house of 26.725. includ-
ing President Kennedy, watched
thc traditional opener at Gril'iith
stadium in Washington. The Sena-
tors. one of the two new entries in
the 10-tcam American League, tag-
ged 41-year-old righthander Earlj
Wvnn for two runs in the first anil
another in thc second.- But Bus j
Kommerer and winner Frank B«u-!
mann blanked them the rest of the
way.
Dick Donovan, thc ex-White Sox
pitcher, held his former club to six
hits but his excellent work went lo
waste when the three late game
errors gave the Sox two unearned
runs, and the first big league vie- j
tory of thc year. IJ
'today, wiiilc the Senators and 1
tho White Sox are idle, the 16 other
major league clubs open 'fire.
Carry Back Is
Making Jockey
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
"Carry Back" and Jockey John
ny Sellers.
That is the combination that may
he on everyone's lips, come the a't-
I ternoon of the Kentucky Derby.
This is one where the horse es-
tablished a reputation ahead of the
joc'Kcy.
j Sellers was virtually an unknown
last year. He did enjoy a measure
of success.
But this year .the likeable voung-
ster from near Tulsa. Oklahoma,
has come on like a house on fire
j to grip the imagination of racing
| fans.
On thc other hand. Carrv Back
; became a 3-year-old on January
1 with quite a reputation establish-
ed as a two-year-old.
Thc Dorchester tarm stable
speedster won .<286.299 racing in
; his 'iirst year.
Among his important victories
was the Garden State stakes the ]
Remscn and the Cowdin plus 2nd
place finishes in thc Dover. Christ-
iana and Florida breeders stakes. !
The victory in the Garden Slate i
stakes alone was worth $160,782.
Carry Back hasn't heen over-im- ]
pressivc this season. Vet. he still i
is listed as the 5 to 1 favorite to
win the Kentucky Derby.
"Four-and-twcnty." "Beau Prin-'
cc" and "Garwol" arc listed at
6 to 1 in thc latest figures posted
in the Calicntc future book. "Flut-
Icrby" and "Bal Musette* are rat-
Brown Favored
To Keep Title
LONDON iji — British bookies
make world lightweight boxing
champion Joe Brown of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, a 2 . to . 1 fav-
orite to retain his title against Bri-
tish champ Dave Charnley in Lon-
don April 18th, The bookies have
been watching both 'lighters in
training. And they're convinced
that Charnlc.v stands little chance
against Brown. A major reason is
his showing against Frenchman
Sauveur Chiocca in a sparring ses-
sion. Several times, Chiocca ducked
right leads by Charnley and caught
him with counter-rights. Similar
rights from the hard.thumping
Brown could bring the fight to a
quick end.
ed at 8 lo 1,
It should be an interesting after-
noon when the run for the roses is
held with Sellers in thc saddle with
Carry Back. j
Drake Winners To
Be Honor Guests
DES MOINES Wl—Regular win-
ners in thc Drake Relays, Missouri
and Chicago, are lo be honored at
the 52nd running of the meet on
April 28 and 29. Relays director
Bcb Karnes says the two schools
will be presented with plaques. In
his words, 4,they have been out-
standing winners as well as regu-
lar in their attendance at our
meet."
Missouri sent competitors to 'all
but three stagings of the relays and
won 20 individual firsts and 11
relays victories. Chicago competed
in 40 of the meets, winning 8 re-
lays firsts and five individual titles.
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